The King of Hawaii
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The King of Hawaii |
| Original title | Diamond Head |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1962 |
| length | 107 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Guy Green |
| script | Marguerite Roberts |
| production | Jerry Bresler |
| music | John Williams |
| camera | Sam Leavitt |
| cut | William A. Lyon |
| occupation | |
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The King of Hawaii (Original Title: Diamond Head ) is an American film drama from 1962 directed by Guy Green with Charlton Heston and Yvette Mimieux and George Chakiris in the leading roles. The script is based on the novel Such Sweet Thunder by Peter Gilman.
action
Richard Howland, who lets himself be called King, is a tyrannical landowner on the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i . He is shocked to learn that his younger sister Sloan wants to marry the islander Paul Kahana. Nobody suspects that Howland himself has an affair with the islander Mei Chen.
At the young couple's engagement party, Howland is attacked with a knife by Mei Chen's brother. Paul intervenes and is accidentally stabbed. Sloan blames her brother for the death of her groom and moves to Honolulu . Paul's brother Dean finds her there drunk and takes her to his mother Kapiolani's house.
Mei Chen dies giving birth to her son. Howland refuses to acknowledge paternity. Sloan decides to take the boy in. After a heated argument, Sloan and Dean take the boy. Howland realizes that he will soon have a native brother-in-law. He thinks about it and gives the boy his family name.
Reviews
The lexicon of the international film about the film: "A novel based on an embarrassingly superficial treatment of the problem of racism."
The Variety criticizes the cumbersome script, which has an abundance of improbabilities and inconsistencies.
production
The Columbia Pictures production was filmed in Hawaii .
The film premiered on January 30, 1963 in the United States. It was released in German cinemas on August 16 of the same year.
Hugo Winterhalter composed the title song, which was sung by James Darren.
Web links
- The King of Hawaii in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The King of Hawaii. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ^ Diamond Head. In: Variety.com. December 31, 1961, accessed January 5, 2019 (English): “Improbabilities and inconsistencies galore reside in Marguerite Roberts' heavyhanded screenplay, from Peter Gilman's novel, about a Hawaiian agricultural tycoon, or King Bwana of Pineappleville, hellbent on holding-that -bloodline. "